§37-15-4.1. Design or survey locate requests.

(a) Any person may submit a design or survey locate request to the "One-Call Notification System" or to an operator that provides an in-house program that meets the operational requirements as described in subsection (a) of Section 37-15-5. The design or survey locate request shall describe the tract or parcel of land for which the design or survey locate request has been submitted with sufficient particularity as defined by policies developed and promulglated by the "One-Call Notification System" or to an operator that provides an in-house program that meets the operational requirements as described in subsection (a) of Section 37-15-5 to enable the facility operator to ascertain the precise tract or parcel of land involved and state the name, address, telephone number, and facsimile number of the person who has submitted the design or survey locate request and the company name of the project owner.

(b) Within five working days after a design or survey locate request has been submitted to the "One-Call Notification System" or to an operator that provides an in-house program that meets the operational requirements as described in subsection (a) of Section 37-15-5 for a proposed project, the operator shall respond by one of the following methods:

(1) Marking the approximate location of all underground facilities in the area of proposed excavation.

(2) Providing to the person submitting the design or survey locate request the best available description of all underground facilities in the area of proposed excavation which may include drawings of underground facilities already built in the area or other facility records that are maintained by the facility operator.

(3) Allowing the person submitting the design or survey locate request or any other authorized person to inspect or copy the drawings or other records for all underground facilities within the proposed area of excavation.

(Act 2014-220, §2.)